After listening and reading the website given to me; I learned about an african american who worked in a mill named Alice Caudlel. Alice Caudlel began working at the mill at the age of ten, she worked her way up in the mill industry. She began as a spinner and later learned to spool. When she was older she was eager to learn how to work a winding machine.
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Her Name:Alice Caudle
Occupation:Mill Worker
Location: Concord, North Carolina
Date: September 2, 1938
Interviewer: Muriel L. Wolff
After listening to these interviews I was able to understand their thought on a typical question the interviewer asked them. Take Alice Caudle for an example she was a hardworking african american who worked as a mill worker. She said in her interview quote on quote.."Law, I reckon I was born to work in a mill." Alice started at the age of ten and worked her way up in the industry. As I did more and more research on the people in the Great Depression... I learned many lived a hard life. It was hard to collect payable foods; businesses fell downwards and many citizens died on famine and disease. You also need to understand many men and women from the great depression come from a variety of occupations and ethnic groups and live completely different lives. Reasons to back this up would be the issue of racism. Blacks and Whites lived a completely different life; rules and regualtions were harsh for those of a different ethnic group or color. They had seperate waiting rooms and buses and resturants and etc. Like this white woman Mrs. Elizabeth E. Miller she did not have to deal with rasicm because people wouldn't judge her that much unlike a colored women. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Miller is ninty years old with four of her own boys and a one daughter who didn't make it unfortunately. The interviewer that interviewed her asked a perfect question, considering that she is a white woman and at that time, women didn't work outside the house much."Did you ever have to do work that the men usually did?" She answered that question by telling the intervier, Rebecca M. Halley a story, where she ended up doing a man's job all by herself. Mrs Miller showed that women can do whatever men can do, but this opinion really didnt spoke until the later days. After listening and reading to two different women's lives and occupations, I learned that these two great women lived a different life style and went about their lives accordiningly to their color of skin. So as you can see, racism was a big thing during the times of the Great Depression. Written By: LindsayM.
Part III: By Rebecca G
What I learned about Mrs. Haggerty which I found most interesting was that she is 72 years old and still a maid. But what she did was not even housework; she was almost like a second mother to the child she was caring for as well as a nurse for the child and family. What I found to be a bit cruel about the families that she was working for were: she was only hired at first because of how she looked. Those were the most interesting things I found about Mrs. Marie Haggerty Maid, to see where I got the information about Mrs. Haggerty the website link is: [[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/marie.html%3Cspan%3C/span%3EI|http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/marie.html<spanI]] also looked at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/clyde.html. What I found to be most interesting about Clyde Kingfish was he was a male singer, he was also African American. He made little money each day for the job he did. I thought he might get paid more for singing, but apparently not. I also like that he came form Harlem, New York. It does however make me wonder how old he is. It does not state how old he is in the interview. Next I decided to take a look at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/thorsten.html. I thought it was very interesting that he was 51, with no education and was an iron worker. You can have a look at his page at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/throsten.html. I also looked at Mr. Garavelli, Stonecutter. The most interesting thing I found about him was that he liked his job. I wouldn't expect that Stonecutting is a very enjoyable job. After everything that I read on this site I've learned a lot about different people, as you can see above. I really did enjoy reading about all these people and what they did.
Who is being interviewed? Ruby Pickens Tartt
What is his/her title or position? best friend of Amy Chapman
What is his/her race? Gender? Age? Black, female, im not shure the age is not given.
Where is the interview taking place? at Amy Chapman's Funeral
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After listening and reading the website given to me; I learned about an african american who worked in a mill named Alice Caudlel. Alice Caudlel began working at the mill at the age of ten, she worked her way up in the mill industry. She began as a spinner and later learned to spool. When she was older she was eager to learn how to work a winding machine.
Her Name:Alice Caudle
Occupation:Mill Worker
Location: Concord, North Carolina
Date: September 2, 1938
Interviewer: Muriel L. Wolff
After listening to these interviews I was able to understand their thought on a typical question the interviewer asked them. Take Alice Caudle for an example she was a hardworking african american who worked as a mill worker. She said in her interview quote on quote.."Law, I reckon I was born to work in a mill." Alice started at the age of ten and worked her way up in the industry. As I did more and more research on the people in the Great Depression... I learned many lived a hard life. It was hard to collect payable foods; businesses fell downwards and many citizens died on famine and disease. You also need to understand many men and women from the great depression come from a variety of occupations and ethnic groups and live completely different lives. Reasons to back this up would be the issue of racism. Blacks and Whites lived a completely different life; rules and regualtions were harsh for those of a different ethnic group or color. They had seperate waiting rooms and buses and resturants and etc. Like this white woman Mrs. Elizabeth E. Miller she did not have to deal with rasicm because people wouldn't judge her that much unlike a colored women. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Miller is ninty years old with four of her own boys and a one daughter who didn't make it unfortunately. The interviewer that interviewed her asked a perfect question, considering that she is a white woman and at that time, women didn't work outside the house much."Did you ever have to do work that the men usually did?" She answered that question by telling the intervier, Rebecca M. Halley a story, where she ended up doing a man's job all by herself. Mrs Miller showed that women can do whatever men can do, but this opinion really didnt spoke until the later days. After listening and reading to two different women's lives and occupations, I learned that these two great women lived a different life style and went about their lives accordiningly to their color of skin. So as you can see, racism was a big thing during the times of the Great Depression. Written By: Lindsay M.
Part III: By Rebecca GWhat I learned about Mrs. Haggerty which I found most interesting was that she is 72 years old and still a maid. But what she did was not even housework; she was almost like a second mother to the child she was caring for as well as a nurse for the child and family. What I found to be a bit cruel about the families that she was working for were: she was only hired at first because of how she looked. Those were the most interesting things I found about Mrs. Marie Haggerty Maid, to see where I got the information about Mrs. Haggerty the website link is: [[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/marie.html%3Cspan%3C/span%3EI|http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/marie.html<spanI]] also looked at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/clyde.html. What I found to be most interesting about Clyde Kingfish was he was a male singer, he was also African American. He made little money each day for the job he did. I thought he might get paid more for singing, but apparently not. I also like that he came form Harlem, New York. It does however make me wonder how old he is. It does not state how old he is in the interview. Next I decided to take a look at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/thorsten.html. I thought it was very interesting that he was 51, with no education and was an iron worker. You can have a look at his page at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/throsten.html. I also looked at Mr. Garavelli, Stonecutter. The most interesting thing I found about him was that he liked his job. I wouldn't expect that Stonecutting is a very enjoyable job. After everything that I read on this site I've learned a lot about different people, as you can see above. I really did enjoy reading about all these people and what they did.
- Who is being interviewed? Ruby Pickens Tartt
- What is his/her title or position? best friend of Amy Chapman
- What is his/her race? Gender? Age? Black, female, im not shure the age is not given.
- Where is the interview taking place? at Amy Chapman's Funeral
- What is the date of the interview?
- Who is the interviewer? Sept. 28, 1938
By: Lea Zahariades